WIDE RAINBOW DIY WORKSHOP: LOUISE DESPONT

Bali based artist Louise Despont invites us into her studio in Indonesia to teach us how to make stamps and beautiful geometric prints out of vegetables.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTIONS:
Let’s make stamps & prints using vegetables!
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Gather your vegetables.
You can use carrots, potatoes, radishes or any root vegetables
2. Using a carving utensil, cut vegetables into halves and carve out shapes.
They can be geometric shapes or organic shapes
3. Using a brush, mix up your paint colors. Make sure the paint is not too thick or too watery
4. Organize your station with your paper in front of you, your vegetable stamps and mixed paint colors
5. Using a paintbrush, coat the paint onto the carved face of the vegetable stamp.
Stamp once on a test paper to remove excess water
6. Coat the paint onto the carved face of the vegetable and begin stamping your paper
7. Create your own print using multiple vegetable stamps and colors
MATERIALS:
- root vegetables
- carving utensil
- paint
- brushes
- plate for mixing
- paper
FOLLOW UP:
What vegetables did you carve?
Did you carve geometric shapes or organic shapes?
What colors did you choose for your print?
What shapes did you create while printing?
Did you make your print symmetrical or freeform? Why?